Multi-Function Antenna and Input Interface

1. An electronic device, comprising: a display lens; and a multi-function input interface distinct from the display lens and rotationally coupled to electronic device, the multi-function input interface comprising: a conductive portion configured to rotate around an area of the electronic display lens and to transmit and receive a signal through the multi-function input interface; and a positional element that is fixedly coupled to the conductive portion and configured to detect a user input to the multi-function input interface based on a rotation of the conductive portion around the area of the display lens, wherein the multi-function input interface circumscribes the area of the display lens.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver communicatively coupled to the conductive portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the transceiver is communicatively coupled to the conductive portion by an antenna feed, the antenna feed slidably coupled between the conductive portion and the transceiver.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the conductive portion includes a plurality of electrically isolated segments, a plurality of antenna feeds communicatively couples each segment respectively to the transceiver.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the multi-function input interface is a Planar Inverted-F antenna.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the positional element is to detect a position of the multi-function input interface relative to the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , the positional element comprising a sensor to detect the user input to the multi-function input interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the positional element comprises a magnetic component and movement of the positional element is identifiable by a sensor to detect the user input.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor to identify a location of the positional element, wherein the positional element comprises a fiducial marker and the sensor is an optical sensor.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the positional element comprises a capacitive electrode to detect the user input to the multi-function input interface.

11. A method for a multi-function input interface that is rotationally coupled to an electronic device, wherein the multi-function input interface includes a conductive portion, the method comprising: transceiving a wireless signal through the conductive portion of the multi-function input interface, wherein the conductive portion comprises an antenna that is configured to circumscribe an display lens of the electronic device and rotate relative to the display lens, the multi-function input interface being separate from the electronic display lens; and detecting a user input to the multi-function input interface based on a parameter from a sensor, the sensor comprising a first element that is fixedly coupled to the electronic device and second element that is fixedly coupled to, and overlapping, an area of the conductive portion, the parameter indicating a rotational displacement of the conductive portion relative to the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the user input includes detecting a rotation of the multi-function input interface with the sensor.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein detecting the user input includes identifying movement of a magnetic element of the multi-function input interface with the sensor.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein detecting the user input includes identifying movement of a fiducial marker with an optical sensor to detect movement of the multi-function input interface.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the user input includes sensing the user input with a capacitive electrode.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein transceiving the wireless signal though the conductive portion includes transceiving the wireless signal from the conductive portion, wherein the conductive portion is a loop antenna.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein transceiving a wireless signal through the conductive portion includes transceiving a plurality of different wireless signals through a plurality of electrically isolated segments of the conductive portion, a plurality of antenna feeds corresponding to the plurality of different wireless signals respectively communicatively couple each segment respectively to a transceiver communicatively coupled to the conductive portion.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising changing a setting of an electronic device based on the parameter.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising changing a menu based on the parameter.

20. A method for a multi-function input interface that is rotationally coupled to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an display lens, the method comprising: rotating a conductive portion of the multi-function input interface relative to the display lens to transmit and receive a radio signal through the multi-function input interface, the multi-function input interface circumscribing the display lens, the multi-function input interface being distinct from the display lens; and disposing a positional element on the multi-function input interface to detect a user input to the multi-function input interface based on a rotation of the conductive portion relative to the electronic device, the positional element fixedly disposed over an area of the multi-function input interface overlapping the conductive portion.

21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising inductively coupling an antenna feed to the conductive portion.

22. The method of claim 20 , further comprising communicatively coupling a transceiver to the conductive portion.

23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising movably coupling the multi-function input interface to the electronic device.

24. The method of claim 20 , wherein disposing a positional element includes disposing a magnet on the multi-function input interface, the magnet detectable by a sensor to identify movement of the positional element.

25. The method of claim 20 , wherein disposing a positional element includes disposing a fiducial marker on the multi-function input interface, the fiducial marker detectable by an optical sensor to identify a location of the fiducial marker.